Recent developments
A training workshop on the ‘innovation ecosystem’
16-19 November 2011 – UNESCO-WTA International Training Workshop on the Science and Technology Park Innovation Ecosystem, Daejeon, Republic of Korea. Read the Proceedings
A training workshop on the triple helix model of innovation
3-6 November 2010 - UNESCO-WTA International Training Workshop on Science Park and Technology Business Incubator: Triple Helix Model of Innovation: Government-Academia-Business Cooperation, Daejeon, Republic of Korea. Read the Proceedings
A regional centre for science park development to be launched in Iran
23 March 2010 - A Regional Centre for the Development of Science Parks and Technology Incubators is to be officially launched in the Iranian city of Isfahan on 13 May. The centre was approved by UNESCO’s General Conference last October, prior to the signing of a formal agreement on 17 December by UNESCO and the Government of Iran at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. The centre will organize workshops and other activities to build capacity, provide policy advice, facilitate the exchange of experience and best practices, and conduct research and problem-solving in science park and technology incubator development. It will function under the auspices of UNESCO as a category 2 centre. UNESCO’s co-operation with the city of Isfahan is not new. In September 2006, UNESCO, the International Association of Science Parks and the Asian Science Parks Association joined the city in organizing a conference on the theme of serving knowledge-based business to enhance economic development.
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A training workshop on how science parks can promote green growth
11–14 November 2009 - UNESCO-WTA International Training Workshop, Green Growth based on the Science Park Initiatives, Daejeon, Republic of Korea. More
National training workshops in Algeria and Nigeria
July 2009 - UNESCO has run two national training workshops on science and technology park development in recent weeks, in Abuja, Nigeria (6-9 July) and Oran, Algeria (22 to 25 June).
A training workshop on R&D management for high-level decision-makers
July 2009 - ISTIC is organizing a training workshop on the theme of R&D Management for High Level Decision-Makers in Seoul, Republic of Korea, from 16 to 20 November. The workshop is being run in cooperation with the Korean Institute for Science and Technology Evaluation and Planning.
A training workshop on assessing industrial needs
June 2009 - ISTIC ran an international training workshop on the theme of Assessing Industrial Needs to Help Develop a Sustainable and Productive Science and Technology Policy, in Kuala Lumpur from 22 to 26 June.
